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(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
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EDWARD
F. FEIST, wholesale and retail dealer in ice
cream and retail dealer in a fine line of confectionery,
conducts the leading business of this kind in the city
of Steubenville, O. He is a native of
Steubenville, born in 1867, and is a son of Aloysius
Feist.
Aloysius Feist was long one of
Steubenville's respected citizens and successful
business men. He was born in Germany, in 1828, and
was brought to America when young and reared to manhood
at Steubenville. Here was engaged in the bakery,
confectionery and ice cream business. He married
Susan Dursh, who was also a native of Germany,
and they had nine children born to them, eight of whom
still survive as follows: Peter W. is
engaged in the ice cream and confectionery business in
Steubenville. Joseph S. is employed in the
mail service here. Mary, widow of
Mr. Voight, also lives in Steubenville.
Rose, the wife of James Seltzer, and
Edward F., are also residents of Steubenville.
William J. Feist is in business at Tarentium,
Pa.; Susan is the wife of Harry Brown,
of Jacksonville, Fla.; and Ollie R. Feist is
in the jewelry business at Globe, Ariz.
Edward F. Feist was
reared and educated in his native city and learned his
present business under his father, succeeding to it on
the latter's death, in 1895. He purchased to it on
the latter's death, in 1895. He purchased and
remodeled the building he occupies, at No. 177 North
Fourth Street, it being a three story brick with a
frontage of 30 feet and 110 feet deep. He
manufactures his ice cream in the rear and above is his
candy factory, at of his equipments being first class,
modern and sanitary. The business is a standard
one among Steubenville's many successful concerns.
Mr. Feist is additionally interested in
other enterprises.
In 1892 Mr. Feist
was married to Miss Elizabeth C. Mueller, and they
have four daughters, Mary Wilma,
Frances, Claire Louise and
Catherine. Mr. Feist and family
are members of St. Peter's Catholic Church. He is
identified with the Knights of Columbus and other
social and fraternal organizations, and he is also an
active and useful member of the Steubenville Chamber of
Commerce.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by
Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - 768) |
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ADAM C. FELLOWS,
general farmer and representative citizen of Cross Creek
Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, where his valuable farm of
185 acres is situated, was born at New Alexandria, Jefferson
County, Dec. 1, 1861, and is a son of Charles and Esther
(Gracey) Fellows. Charles Fellows and wife both
belonged to old county families. They have been
deceased for a number of years. They were members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church at New Alexandria.
Their children were: William, John, Martha, George,
Henry, Charles, Wesley and Adam C.
Adam C. Fellows secured a good, common school
education, attending until he was seventeen years of age,
after which he engaged in farming and has followed it ever
since. On Feb. 25, 1903, he bought his farm from the
Lloyd Heirs. It is excellent land and there is a coal
bank on the property that supplies fuel for family use.
Since locating here Mr. Fellows has made many
improvements; among others he has put up new fencing and
built a fine silo.
Mr. Fellows was married Dec. 25, 1883, to
Miss Belle McGrew, of Jefferson County, and they have
the following children: Roy, who married Cora
Featner; Jessie, who married Charles Williams;
and George, Nelson, Mina, Donald, Paul and Gladys.
Mr. Fellows and family belong to the Methodist
Episcopal Church. He is a Republican and has served on
the township school board. For twenty-nine years he
has been an Odd fellow and is a member of Wildwood Lodge,
No. 590, at New Alexandria.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - 757) |
JAMES A.
FRAZER, in association with his son, Gilbert N. Frazer,
conducts a large business enterprise at Steubenville, under
the firm name of the Frazer Heating & Ventilating
Company, at No. 214 Market Street, and is a
representative of old pioneer families of this section.
James A. Frazer was born at Millersburg,
Holmes Co., Ohio, Mar. 4, 1847, and is a son of James
and Eliza (Gray) Frazer and a grandson of
James Frazier.
Robert
Gray, the maternal grandfather of Mr. Frazer,
with his brother, James Gray, came to
Steubenville from Baltimore, Md., in 1793, and the former was
a leading plaster contractor of his day and the later operated
the first brickyard established here. They were men of
means and enterprise and after Robert Gray
had purchased much land, including what is now the Second Ward
of Steubenville, together they laid it out as it is today.
James Frazer, father of James A.
Frazer, was a farmer and a gardener, and he came to
Steubenville in 1821.
James
A. Frazer was small when his parents took up their
permanent residence in Steubenville. His first work was
at glass cutting, later he helped his father in gardening and
in marketing produce. In 1863 he enlisted for service in
the State guards, under Captain Prentiss, and
in the spring of 1864, at Steubenville, Ohio, entered into the
regular service, enlisting in the 157th O. Vol. Inf., and was
mustered out late in the same year. He then returned to
Steubenville and for about eighteen months was in charge of
the card room in the Steubenville Battton
Factory, later was connected for three years with the
Means Foundry and Machine Works, since when he has
been engaged in the tin and heating business, together with
other city enterprises. Since 1901 Mr. Frazer
has had his son associated with him.
In `870 Mr. Frazer was married to
Miss Josephine Hipsley, who died in July, 1886.
They had six children born to them, James, Jessie,
Mary, Earl, Gilbert N. and Benjamin.
The eldest son, James Frazer, is the senior
member of the firm of Frazer & Spence,
engaged in a plumbing business at Mingo Junction, Ohio.
Jessie is the wife of Frank Miller, of
Steubenville. Mary is the wife of
Joshua Aldrich, of this city.
Earl and Benjamin are both in the
West, the former being connected with railroad work at San
Francisco.
Gilbert N.
Frazer, of the Frazer Heating Ventilating
Company, was born and educated at Steubenville and
has been brought up in the business with which he is
connected. For five years he was with the Wheeling
Corrugated Iron Company, was in the business one year at
Pittsburg and later at Martin's Ferry, and then came with his
father. In the same year (1901) he was married to
Miss Emma J. Culver, of Wheeling, and they
have two children: Wilma E. and
Angie M. Mr. Frazer and his
father are both members of La Belle View Methodist Episcopal
Church. He is identified with the Maccabees and his
father with the Turners' Society and with E. M. Stanton Post,
G. A. R., No. 166.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
1055) |
JAMES H.
FRAZER, of the firm of Frazer & Spence, plumbers and
hardware merchants at Mingo Junction, Ohio, also agents for
the Peck, Williamson and Reversed Draft Furnace Company, is
one of the active and enterprising business men of this town.
He was born at Steubenville, Ohio, and is a son of
James A. Frazer, an old resident of that city who is
engaged there in the heating appliance business.
James H. Frazer was educated at Steubenville
and learned the plumbing and heating business. About
1898 he came to Mingo Junction and opened a hardware store.
Later, he admitted James Longacre as a
partner and they continued together for five years. In
1908, James Spence became a partner and since
then the business has grown into one that has patronage from
all over Jefferson County.
Mr. Frazer was married in April, 1896, to
Miss Agnes Spence, a daughter of the late
Charles Spence, of Steubenville. They have one
son, Charles. Mr. Frazer's residence
and place of business are both on Commercial Street. He
is an Odd Fellow and belongs also to the Uniform Rank, Knights
of Pythias.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 -
1079) |
MRS.
MARGARET FRAZIER, who, with her sons, conducts the well
known homelike hostelry, the McNeal Hotel, at Mingo Junction,
Ohio, is one of the best known and mot highly respected ladies
of this place. Mrs. Frazier was born in
the town of Cardiff, Wales, Mar. 1, 1853, and is a daughter of
David and Mary (Davis) Davis.
David Davis was a competent mill worker,
beginning in boyhood and becoming a heater, puddler and
roller. In 1863 he brought his family to America, and
for the first three years they lived at Mt. Savage, Pa., and
from there moved to a farm in Preston County, West Virginia.
Five years were spent there and then Mr. Davis
removed to Cairo, Ill., where he died, in 1877, at the age of
forty-eight years. His widow survived him a long time,
her death taking place at the home of her only son,
David Davis, at Mingo Junction. There were
eight children in the family, Margaret being
the eldest. The others were: Mary Jane,
who is the wife of James Brooks, of New
Castle, Pa.; Ruth, now deceased, who was the
wife of Benton Fell, of New Alexandria;
Naomi, a twin sister to Ruth,
who died aged four months; David, who resides
at Chicago, Ill.; Sarah Ann, who married Clarence Rine,
of Kentucky; and two children, both bearing the name of
Benjamin, died young.
Mrs. Frazier was ten years old when the
family came came to America and easily recalls the long voyage
of sixteen days on the ocean. She remained at home with
her parents until her marriage, which took place at Cairo,
Ill., to William Frazier, and to their
marriage six children were born, namely: Minnie, who married
Garfield Gilgrist, of Columbus, Ohio, and has
six children - Florence E., Thomas A.,
Carl V., Robert Randell, Emily B., and
Forest M.; Harry W., living at Steubenville,
who married Mary Jane Bates, and has one
child, Margaret; Blanche, who married
George Simmons, of Mingo Junction, and has two
children - Harland and Minnie; George
J.; Sarah Ella, who married
Carl Trig, and resides at Mingo Junction; and
Benjamin H.
In May
following their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Frazier
came to Mingo Junction, where he secured work in the mill, and
she added to the family income by keeping boarders. From
this she drifted into the restaurant business and for years,
with her sons, conducted the Home Restaurant at Mingo
Junction. It prospered because it justified its name.
Finally Mrs. Frazier and sons decided to go
into the hotel business, and after selling out their
restaurant to Thomas Hughes, they took charge
of the McNeal Hotel, in October, 1909. This is a
convenient, well appointed house, with twenty-five sleeping
rooms and a commodious dining room, parlor, office and
kitchen, all of which are fitted up according to modern
demands. Mrs. Frazier charges from one
dollar a day upward according to location of apartments,
baths, etc. While she has found it profitable to cater
to railroad men to a large degree, her patronage is by no
means confined to them. She has never operated a bar in
any of her business enterprises, but has provided comforts of
all kinds and keeps a table un-excelled for good, wholesome
food. She owns valuable real estate at Mingo Junction.
Mrs. Frazier is a capable woman and has
proved her efficiency in everything she has undertaken.
She is beloved by her family and is held in the highest esteem
by all who know her. For a number of years she has been
identified with the W. C. T. U. at Mingo Junction and is a
valued member of the Free Methodist church at the same place.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - 562) |
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WILLIAM
FREUDENBERGER, an extensive oil operator and large dealer in real estate
at
Steubenville,
Ohio, is a resident of thirty years’ standing in this
city. He was born in Germany and was fifteen years old when he came to
America.
For the first
three years of his life in the United States,
William Freudenberger lived at
Keokuk, Iowa, and it was from there that he came
to Steubenville
and secured employment as a clerk in a clothing store. When oil was first developed in Ohio
he became interested, and through foresight and judicious investments acquired
valuable oil lands and leases and for many years has been identified with oil
production in not only the fields of Ohio but also in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and
West Virginia. He is president of
the Steuben Oil and Gas Company, and is a director in the Hill Oil and Gass
Company of Oklahoma.
Mr. Freudenberger
is also interested in city real estate
and probably handles more valuable realty here than any other dealer. He has been identified for years with
the most active and progressive class of citizens, has served as a member of the
city council and president pro tem, and as councilman-at-large, and is very
active and useful as a member of the Steubenville Chamber of Commerce.
On May 31, 1883,
Mr. Freudenberger was married to
Miss Lilly Love, who was born and
reared at Steubenville, and they have four
children: Robert L., who is engaged
in the life insurance business at
Steubenville; and
Daisy, Elmer M. and Walter J.
During the
Spanish-American War, Mr. Freudenberger
served in Company D, Second West Virginia Infantry. He is identified thus with the United
Spanish War Veterans and belongs also to the Knights of Pythias, the Elks, and
Heptasophs, the Protected Home Circle and to the Steubenville Country Club.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co., Ohio by Joseph
B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1193)
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LAMBERT FRIEDL,
banker, who has been established at Steubenville, O., since
1903, was born in Hungary in 1879. He was educated in
his native land and remained there until he was nineteen
years of age. Coming then to United States, he landed
at the port of New York and remained in the great American
metropolis for several years, at first finding employment in
an embroidery factory, where he worked for a short time.
Later he secured the position of secretary to the Austro-Hungarian
consul, at Hazleton, Pa., where he continued for eighteen
months, after which he was with Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne,
brokers, of New York and of Leipsic, Germany, the firm being
members of the New York Stock Exchange. HE remained
with them for eighteen months and then, coming to
Steubenville, engaged in foreign banking. He does a
large business in foreign exchange and steamship tickets.
Mr. Friedl takes an intelligent interest in public
affairs, is ever ready to advance worthy public enterprises
at Steubenville, and is an active member of the Steubenville
Chamber of Commerce.
He was married in 1902, in the city of New York, to
Miss Sarah Grossman, and they have three children:
Joseph, Evelyn, and Alice. Mr. Friedl is
identified with the fraternal orders of Woodmen, and the
Knights of Pythias and Red Men, at Steubenville.
(Source: 20th Century History of Steubenville & Jefferson Co.,
Ohio by Joseph B. Doyle - Publ Richmond-Arnold Publ. Co. - Chicago - 1910 - 757)
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